Filip Gustavsson Out Another Month After Hip Surgery: Wild’s Goaltending Challenges

By Brian La Rose | at October 19, 2026 8:30 pm When Wild goaltender Filip Gustavsson underwent offseason hip surgery, there was no clear timetable for his return. It appears there now is one as head coach John Hynes told reporters this weekend including Jess Myers of the Pioneer Press that it will be at least another month before the netminder returns. The 28-year-old is in the first season of a new five-year, $34MM contract that was signed as an extension last year. Accordingly, missing this long and still being “quite a ways” away from returning as Hynes specifically put…